John Kirby, the National Security Council’s strategic communications coordinator, said that Washington and Moscow had not signaled a halt to the march since the video of the incident was released, and there probably were no such contacts.
Kirby responded to a reporter’s question, “There were no conversations that I knew about…and honestly, I wouldn’t be surprised if there wasn’t,” adding, “The video is very eloquent about what happened. “
The incident with the drone that crashed in the Black Sea became the subject of telephone conversations between the defense ministers of Russia and the United States, as well as between the chiefs of general staffs of both countries.
A US Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drone crashed in the international waters of the Black Sea on March 14, and the Russian Defense Ministry said that the drone was flying towards the Russian border with transponders turned off and entered the “temporary regime of airspace use” zone, which was introduced in connection with conducting military special operations.
The agency added that the plane lost control “as a result of a sharp maneuver” and crashed, and the Russian fighters accompanying it did not use aviation weapons and did not touch the drone at all.
According to the American version, two Russian Su-27s intercepted an American MQ-9, which was performing a reconnaissance flight, and fired fuel in its direction several times. Eventually, according to Washington, one of the fighter jets hit the drone’s propeller, causing it to crash.
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